Smiffy, I have read over this thread twice and all I see is you essentially saying „X does not show any understanding“ and „there are other ways of asking about god” and various other ways of telling people you think they are wrong. Nowhere do I find you telling us what you think we are missing, wh...

That's not true. To repeat my point, all I'm suggesting is that people know what they're talking about before making sweeping statements on a particular subject including, in this case, theology. That's all. And to repeat my point Theology is based on the the existence of an invisible supernatural ...

The basis of your argument is that people should study everything, including things that are likely wrong, because not doing so is not "in the spirit of rational enquiry". That's not true. To repeat my point, all I'm suggesting is that people know what they're talking about before making sweeping s...

is that not philosophy... Yes, it is. It's also theology. That's the point: theology isn't a single, easily definable subject and covers a broad range of disciplines. "what do we mean when we talk about God" ie why do we construct a gods? They're two different questions. And your question isn't rea...

What different ways of thinking about leprechauns did you have in mind? You tell me, you're the one that believes we should try to understand the supernatural. Postedit: Grammatical error Firstly, I already said that I didn't really think there were different ways of thinking about leprechauns (not...